In that incident, the hackers briefly shut down one-fifth of the electric power generated in Kiev. And Russian government hackers have already shown their interest in targeting U.S. energy and other utility systems, researchers said. That attack, which left 225,000 customers without power, was carried out by Russian government hackers, other U.S. researchers concluded. CrashOverride is only the second instance of malware specifically tailored to disrupt or destroy industrial control systems. Theoretically, the malware can be modified to attack different types of industrial control systems, such as water and gas.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2017 12:06 UTC